Chelsea Foxwell appointed Director of the Center for East Asian Studies

Chelsea Foxwell, Associate Professor of Art History, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, has been appointed the Director of the Center of East Asian Studies. 

Her work focuses on Japan’s artistic interactions with the rest of East Asia and beyond, nihonga and yōga (Japanese oil painting); “export art” and the world’s fairs; practices of image circulation, exhibition, and display; and the relationship between image-making and the kabuki theater.

VMPEA: Susan Huang

Amanda Chacón named a 2023 Beinecke Scholar

We are delighted to congratulate Amanda Chacón, a third-year student majoring in Art History, Anthropology, and Latin American Studies for being named a 2023 Beinecke Scholar. Beinecke Scholars are selected for their academic excellence, their potential to succeed in graduate study and beyond, and most notably, their ability to formulate unique questions that contribute to their chosen field of study.

Zsofi Valyi-Nagy Dissertation Defense

Zsofi Valyi-Nagy will be defending her dissertation, "Vera Molnar’s Programmed Abstraction: Computer Graphics and Geometric Abstract Art in Postwar Europe", on Wednesday, April 12 at 1pm in CWAC 157. Zsofi's defense is free and open to the public to attend in-person. If you are not able to attend in-person, please join with this zoom link. We would love to see you there and to support Zsofi on this achievement!

MAN RAY AND THE RAYOGRAPH

REGISTRATION REQUIRED: If you are interested in attending, please email arthistory@uchicago.edu as soon as possible. 

RAVE: Savannah Marquardt

“The Invention of Greek Sculpture” (Working Title)

Savannah Marquardt (Yale, PhD Student, Art History)

RAVE: Sarah Carter

“Rivalry, Identity and the Making of Aphorisms on Man”

Sarah Carter (Postdoc, Art History)

Working in the Art World: A Conversation with Yiran Chi (MAPH '22) and Leah Pires

How do you get your foot in the door of the art world and curatorial work? Where should you look for internship and job opportunities? What are entry-level positions in museums and galleries like on a day-to-day basis?

VMPEA: Sizhao Yi

“Material Encounters: Chen Hongshou’s Early Paintings of Objects”

Speaker: Sizhao Yi, Ph.D. Candidate, Art History, UChicago

 

VMPEA: Lu Yun-chen

Speaker: Lu Yun-chen, Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture, DePaul University

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